Life without genes
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xviii, 409 pages ; 24 cm
"What is life? What are genes? Can life exist without genes? What will living things be like in the future and how did life evolve in the first place?" "Life Without Genes gives examples drawn from the world around us. Could a pufferfish behave like a fly? Might giraffes grow taller than skyscrapers? How are crocodiles able to stay underwater for more than an hour? Is it possible to turn a stickleback into a daffodil, or a tiger into a porcupine? Did the very first creatures lack genes altogether? Woolfson asks us to imagine a hypermarket stocked with every possible type of toy in the universe, to see DNA as an infinitely flexible Lego and then he takes us on swirling Peter Pan-like trips through the past, present and future of our own genes and shows us the full scope (and perils) of genetic engineering."--Jacket
Includes bibliographical references (pages 374-409)
1. Adventures in toy space -- 2. The structure of gene space -- 3. The crocodile holds its breath -- 4. A visit to the information sea -- 5. The origins of life -- 6. Hunting for intellectual fossils -- 7. A world without DNA -- 8. Analog creatures -- 9. Life without genes -- 10. The origins of geneless information -- 11. Patterns without programs -- 12. A journey through the geneless zoo -- 13. The future of life
"What is life? What are genes? Can life exist without genes? What will living things be like in the future and how did life evolve in the first place?" "Life Without Genes gives examples drawn from the world around us. Could a pufferfish behave like a fly? Might giraffes grow taller than skyscrapers? How are crocodiles able to stay underwater for more than an hour? Is it possible to turn a stickleback into a daffodil, or a tiger into a porcupine? Did the very first creatures lack genes altogether? Woolfson asks us to imagine a hypermarket stocked with every possible type of toy in the universe, to see DNA as an infinitely flexible Lego and then he takes us on swirling Peter Pan-like trips through the past, present and future of our own genes and shows us the full scope (and perils) of genetic engineering."--Jacket
Includes bibliographical references (pages 374-409)
1. Adventures in toy space -- 2. The structure of gene space -- 3. The crocodile holds its breath -- 4. A visit to the information sea -- 5. The origins of life -- 6. Hunting for intellectual fossils -- 7. A world without DNA -- 8. Analog creatures -- 9. Life without genes -- 10. The origins of geneless information -- 11. Patterns without programs -- 12. A journey through the geneless zoo -- 13. The future of life
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